Campus Units
Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine, Biomedical Sciences
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
2014
Journal or Book Title
Journal of Swine Health and Production
Volume
22
Issue
1
First Page
29
Last Page
32
Abstract
Administration to newborn pigs of an oral or intraperitoneal dose of equine-origin Clostridium difficile antitoxin 4 hours before orogastric inoculation with a swine-origin C difficile field isolate resulted in lower histopathology scores 72 hours post challenge than in pigs receiving no antitoxin (P < .05).
Copyright Owner
American Association of Swine Veterinarians
Copyright Date
2014
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Ramirez, Alejandro; Rowe, Eric W.; Arruda, Paulo H.; and Madson, Darin M., "Use of equine-origin antitoxins in piglets prior to exposure to mitigate the effects of Clostridium difficile infection – a pilot study" (2014). Veterinary Diagnostic and Production Animal Medicine Publications. 171.
https://lib.dr.iastate.edu/vdpam_pubs/171
Included in
Large or Food Animal and Equine Medicine Commons, Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology Commons, Veterinary Preventive Medicine, Epidemiology, and Public Health Commons
Comments
This article is published as Ramirez, Alejandro, Eric W. Rowe, Paulo H. Arruda, and Darin M. Madson. "Use of equine-origin antitoxins in piglets prior to exposure to mitigate the effects of Clostridium difficile infection–a pilot study." Journal of Swine Health and Production 22, no. 1 (2014): 29-32. Posted with permission.